Elias @eliasr@librem.one

@fsfe not just software. Anything developed with public money should belong to the public. That includes government funded research, e.g. COVID vaccine...

🏦 💰 Taxpayer money should fund public goods.

When governments invest in software, it should be #FreeSoftware: software that gives the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share.

Sign the open letter to support this principle:
🔗 https://publiccode.eu

#publiccode #SoftwareFreedom

It's rude to show AI output to people

https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-to-people/

USA leaves UNESCO (again) because education, science and art are woke.
Israel applauds.

Beyond caricature

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-pulls-us-out-un-cultural-agency-unesco-second-time-2025-07-22/

Enligt statsminister Kristersson har Forssells son "rört sig i helt fel kretsar".
Det gör även regeringen i och med samarbetet med stödpartiet SD.

Lär dig mer om "helt fel kretsar" på SVTPlay som visar dokumentärserien "Hitlers innersta krets".

https://www.svtplay.se/hitlers-innersta-krets

#nazister #forssell #hitler #kristersson #sd #sverigedemokraterna #nazism

More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

Jag tog förresten bort mitt konto på LinkedIn. Fick massvis med reklam till min gamla gmail (som jag behöver kika in på då och då). Kom på att jag ju inte behöver LinkedIn så tog bort det. Skönt!

Last night I dreamt I was at a protest. As I stood on the sidewalk I watched a crowd of people carrying signs, marching down the street chanting "2 or 5" then clapping 3 times. In the dream I almost figured out what the chant meant but I woke up before the thought formed fully.

Pro tip: protest chants should be self explanatory

@meraord Så redigt trött på företag som envisas med de sakerna. Ge mig bara en clean funktioneranse mjukvara som inte tvingar på mig AI eller vill åt mitt data. Blä.

Nu ska jag bara vänja mig vid Libre Office, inte använt det jättemycket än, men det blir bra.

Har bakat bullar. Händer typ aldrig. Men idag var en sån baka bull-dag. 🙌

Sommar och solsken mellan skurarna.

Hey, everyone, thanks for boosting @conservancy 's announcement about our Summary Adjudication Motion so quickly!

I'll watch this thread for the 2 two days & reply to any questions, comments, thoughts that folks have about this or anythign in the Vizio case!

More news to come over the next few weeks as we approach trial (… & I hope you all can come to trial)!

Cc: @liw @sortova
@RSChiang
@kevin
@matthew
@neal
@robin
@liw

The historic Software Freedom Conservancy v. Vizio, Inc. case continues in Superior Court in California!

SFC announced that we recently filed an updated Motion for Summary Adjudication
(similar to a Motion for Partial Summary Judgement in USA federal courts):
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/10/sfc-updates-motion-for-summary-adjudication-vizio/

The motion asks the judge to summarily rule that SFC has a right as a third-party beneficiary under
the popular copyleft licenses — GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1.

A direct link to the filing:
https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2025-05-23_SFC-vs-Vizio_second-SFC-Motion-for-Summary-Adjudication.pdf

Also, please do reply to this thread for discussion all day today and tomorrow (2025-07-1{0,1}) with our Policy Fellow @bkuhn about the filing and more information about the Vizio case!


Keep in mind the trial is *this September* starting on 2025-09-22 in Santa Ana, CA & it's open to the public!

Found wild strawberries today! Lots!

My latest piece for The Guardian:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime, safety and national security seriously, while ignoring violent far-right extremism, will struggle with its future credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to face up to its racism – past and present. But racism could still decide the next election.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/sweden-minister-right-crime-scandal